They also hype their "vendors list" but the vendors pay to be on that list.  

Many vendors offer RUBS, but most won't entertain <50 units.

I would want my own title company — along with the vendors they continuously put their faith in — conducting all aspects of my transaction.

What someone could do is open their own lines of credit to my local vendor and assign me as authorized representatives, then simply pluck me out when the project is done, since all the materials are delivered directly to site and there is only one jobsite (set authorized reps can't add sites and no will calls), it assures the owner that no materials are diverted, if they are, it falls under theft and CGL will cover it once claims filed.

I keep the rentals full and we do have a lot of military and civilian vendors for the military that bring people in regularly. 

We run several houses at a time so comparatively speaking, looking at just one house would be much easierThings like tile, doors, windows, and other finishing items we typically call "Construction Fixtures" in the bids and aren't buying from a big box store (Actually... we don't buy much from big box)... we're buying them from special vendors, so it makes it easy to scan down a list of receipts and see where they are.Also, for construction fixtures, the purchase needs to be researched before the expense is made.

Working on the business side of healthcare helped me learned valuable skills like time management, negotiation, employee supervision, working with vendors, financial analysis,...all things that carry over to both my investing and agent business.

Don't forget there might well be a kick back to the manager for the service call from the vendor.

Try to create relationships with reputable vendors.

, and this is sort of a mish mash of probably improperly grasped things, rather than one 'standard' strategy.